Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Joe started class last night with his reiteration of how happy he was with all the Bash proceedings. He especially would like to thank the entire B1 community for its ongoing support of the Bash - Joe organizes the Bash for B1 but it could not happen without B1 involvement with everything from planning to CD and ticket purchases. Thanks all!

Sugar Ray (and Little Walter) by Andy Willis

You can relive the Bash in photos from Grant Kessler here: Bash Photos

Inspired by Sugar Ray Norcia's command of the stage and thinking ahead some to our own upcoming Recital, Joe's topic last night was a demonstration of how to repackage a tune in your repertoire. His suggestion is that you should know which vocal tune in your repertoire would lend itself to other grooves than the one you usually play.

His example was to sing the Jimmy Reed shuffle, Baby What You Want Me To Do. Next step was to sing the same song over a rhumba groove, a box shuffle, even a very slow blues. Suddenly your repertoire expands and you have different grooves to pull out at a jam or if you're sitting in and the band's already been doing shuffle after shuffle. Time to mix it up!

Interesting and valuable lesson - try it at home and have it in your tool box.